A 22-unit condominium project proposed on the northern edge of downtown Ann Arbor is headed to the City Council for final approval.

The Planning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the project known as 121 Kingsley West at its meeting Tuesday night.

The developers want to renovate an existing structure on the site and construct two new buildings above a common parking garage. (Rueter Associates Architects)

With four commissioners absent, it fell short of the six votes required for approval, so it was a technical denial, but it still advances to council, which can approve it.

The $6.5 million development is proposed for the southeast corner of Kingsley and Ashley streets near Kerrytown.

Ann Arbor developers Peter Allen, Mark Berg and Tom Fitzsimmons want to renovate an existing two-story, 2,539-square-foot brick building on the site and also construct two new buildings above a common parking deck.

The 0.38-acre property is proposed to be rezoned from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to D2 (downtown interface).

The east building would be three stories above grade with a partial fourth story. The west building would be five stories with a partial sixth story.

Parking would be below the building at grade, with 29 formal spaces. Twenty spaces would be enclosed behind garage doors off a central driveway, along with three covered spaces that are not enclosed, plus six enclosed spaces off an alley.

The development is a scaled-back version of what Allen and Berg originally planned to build on the site: a 46-unit condo project called Kingsley Lane that was put on hold in 2007 as the housing market stalled and Pfizer announced it was leaving town.

Unit prices are not yet available from the developers. The site plan says the condos would be marketed primarily to empty nesters and young professionals.

Fitzsimmons owns Huron Contracting LLC and also is constructing 18 luxury condos on North Main Street, ranging in price from about $500,000 to $1 million.

The Planning Commission also recently approved a seven-unit condo project known as The Mark, which Ann Arbor developer Alex de Parry is planning to build on Liberty Street where the Liberty Car Wash now stands on the west edge of downtown.